Mobile Suit Gundam, which began airing on television in 1979, was unanimously admired and welcomed by the audience for its mesmerizing worldview, exquisite robot design, and high-burning action scenes.
It also made the Mobile Suit Gundam series quickly become a pioneer of change that ushered in the "realistic robot" animation trend in Japan after the 80s.
And now, after many spin-offs over the years.
As a commemorative theatrical version of the 40th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Flashing Hasavi finally aired on Netflix.
Glittering Hassavi is the first installment of the theatrical trilogy and the sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam Counter Attack Shaya.
It is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Yuki Tomino, plus the blessing of "buff" by the director of Chaos Samurai, Murase Shugong.
This is a very fan-oriented work, if you have not read Yuki Tomino's original novel, or do not know the entire Gundam universe, it may be more difficult to have a sense of substitution, especially the first chapter of this trilogy, in addition to inheriting after "Counterattack Xiaya", that is, 12 years after the second new Gene War, it is to lay out the foreshadowing of future sequels, and the establishment and setting of many new characters.
The complex cosmology and word count of many character names will certainly be confusing for viewers who are exposed to the Gundam Universe for the first time.
I'm not a Gundam fan myself, so I didn't follow the anime about this series, just watching this movie, I liked the style and color scheme of this theatrical version.
Although it is a very hard subject, the lines of the characters are very soft, and the image looks very delicate.
"Glittering Hasavi" is a combination of military science fiction and romance, and there will naturally be smooth fighting and hardcore war sections in the picture performance.
The film is very good at narrating the story, methodically stacking the story in layers. It does not rush to bring the fight scene up, but lets the audience brew emotions first, and then enjoy the Gundam picture later.
"Glittering Hassavi" begins with the background world view of the story to arouse the audience's interest in the film.
The story is set in the year 0105 of the Universe Century, and after the Second New Jean War, Hasavi Noah took 356 flights to Earth, but was hijacked by the villain "Mafti", but Noah relied on his excellent resilience to resolve the crisis, and he also met the mysterious girl Kiki and the Union Army Colonel Kenneth Shrek!
In order to alleviate the over-expansion of the population, human beings began to migrate to the universe in 0105, but in recent years, even if the pressure on the population has decreased, the earth's environmental and social problems have not been solved and improved, and the terrorist organization "Maftti", which rebelled against the Earth Federation, began to rise, and also set off a big war between the two factions.
Thus the film begins with a hijacking incident that claims to have been planned by "Mafti".
After defusing the crisis without any danger, "Glittering Hasavi" focuses the story on the three protagonists he met because of the "Hausen 356" incident.
From Hasavi, the son of Union Colonel Brad Noah, to the mysterious woman Kiki Andalucia with keen intuition, to Colonel Kenes, who came to Earth to fight the rebels, the interaction between the characters also arouses the audience's curiosity about the progress of the subsequent story.
The first half of the film is mainly laid out to continue the story of the previous war and the current Hasavi's plans.
To be honest, by fighting the corrupt federal government for humanity, such a motivation is indeed strong (which is also the core motivation of the Gundam series), and it also makes this hard-line fighting system more human (especially when I see Gafman Norbil being shot down).
It can be said that "Glittering Hasavi" is a must-see god work for Gundam fans, too many Easter egg connections and details, even if this fight scene is less, but for the first part of the trilogy, it has established the tone of the entire series of stories.
The plot is solid and the atmosphere is rich in emotions, and the three protagonists also have very charming characters.
But for people who do not understand the Gundam world view, it will be a little difficult to watch the movie, even if you know who is a good person and who is a bad person, you can probably understand the direction of the whole plot, but you can't deeply appreciate the deep throbbing of the iron powder brought by every picture and the hidden Easter egg, and even think that it is just a binary opposition between good and evil.
But at least it can be guaranteed that this film is a highly detailed and high-production Japanese animation film.
Just like Hasavi's background, the story of "Shining Hasavi" this time is actually very much related to the First Non-TV Editing of the Gundam Theatrical Version of "Counter-Attack Xiaya" in 1988.
During the Second New Jean War in the Cosmic Age (UC) 0093, as a teenager, Hasavi had an intersection with Shaya, a villain who was determined to take radical measures against the Earth Federation.
Although the plan to destroy the earth was ultimately stopped by Amro Ray and the goodness of human nature, not only was Shaya's idea deeply rooted in Hasavi's heart, but the death of his lover, Sis Paraya, left him with an indelible shadow.
As the first work in the entire trilogy series, "Shining Hasavi" also appeared in "Counterattack Shaya" as the protagonist of the young Hasavi.
With many tribute easter eggs in the film, not only makes "Glittering Hasavi" a fan-oriented animated film, watching him inherit the will of Amro and Chaya when he grows up, continue the classic theatrical version of the story in a new chapter, and open more brain holes for the next two episodes.
The much-anticipated Battle between gundam only appears 2 times in Flashing Hasavi.
The first was when the Maftti organized an attack on Davao, watching the gundam bombarding the entire building from a small human perspective, and walking through the gunfire and bullets in a physical posture.
The second time was lieutenant Rene Aime piloting Penerope against the Three Gundams of Upper Hasavi, this time in the form of air combat, firing artillery at each other, which was extremely enjoyable, but the battle time was very short, after Penelope was hit, it fell to the ground and was destroyed, and the short battle was over in an instant.
The scene where Kiki and Hasavi hide in the park and fight, you can also feel the powerlessness and gap of humans in the face of ms.
The level of animation really does not need to be said, after all, sunrise animation project needs to be explained again?
Therefore, although the theatrical version originally scheduled to be released in July 2020 has been postponed many times due to the impact of the epidemic, it finally chose to hand over the international copyright to Netflix for distribution.
However, "Glittering Hassavi" can reach more audiences while touching more audiences, and can use the charming characters, exquisite robot shapes and combat scenes in the film, as well as the story content that is both entertaining and in-depth, so that people who usually pay less attention can like these stories through this work.
Viewers can see the corruption of the Earth's federal government in "Shining Hasavi", from the credit card with unlimited consumption amounts, the parliamentarian who raises a junior in a restaurant, to the criticism of police law enforcement by taxi drivers, all of which show the people's dissatisfaction with authority.
"No matter how lofty the ideal is advocated, if so many people are killed, Mafti will eventually become a victim."
If it is to stop the federal government, is this also justice?
Therefore, in the face of the privileges enjoyed by the upper class, the Earth Federation gradually degenerated and lost the hearts of the people, allowing the radical means of launching terrorist attacks to resist the rise of the government, and also caused the audience to rethink the two sides.
From this point of view, this time Tomino Yuji stepped down as a screenwriter and did spend a lot of thought.
"Glittering Hasavi" is the biggest "cool point" for the management and description of characters.
Although it is revealed in the middle of the film that Hasavi's true identity is actually the leader of the rebel group "Mafti".
But the most fascinating part of this film is the change of mood after he came to Earth from a commander as a government official, met Kiki and Kenneth, and saw the current state of society and learned what the people were thinking.
Perhaps Hasavi sincerely believes that as long as there are exceptions, people will be corrupt and fraudulent, but while he is thinking about how to manage human beings and what system can make people live and work in peace and contentment, he will still be affected by the attractive Kiki and other people around him, and fall into the confusion of making changes in the original plan.
So I also liked that Hasavi traveled through the rain of bullets and bullets to save Kiki, and watched the passage of gundam destroying buildings from a human perspective. In addition to the feeling of powerlessness, the killing that had nothing to do with justice in front of Kiki also made him deeply entangled with the ghost of his former lover, and he could not resist his lust for Kiki, while deepening the contradictions in Hasavi's heart.
This is the most profound point I have about watching Glittering Hassavi.
Just as people are more concerned about their livelihood tomorrow than the distant future, more concerned about whether they can eradicate a corrupt bureaucracy, and whether the police who randomly interrogate the streets will be punished.
Even though Hasavi is the commander of the resistance, he is essentially an "ordinary teenager", whether it is the relationship between him and Kenneth, his ambiguous feelings with Kiki, or the painful memories of his lover's death after defecting to the enemy camp and the shadow left by his father.'
It starts with the character's indelible humanity, and makes the story more watchable.
This time, the protagonist belongs to the side of the Mafty Organization and vows to overthrow the Earth Federation Organization, but unfortunately, the description of the opposing party is too sparse, only that the upper echelons of them are very corrupt, forcing people on Earth to move to the universe to live, and forming a "hunter team" to carry out all inhumane immigration policies.
But such shortcomings are known from the perspective of the protagonist, or from the established impression that they are already Gundam's ashes fans.
But the film does not spend too much effort to present the villain's badness, as if they are on the opposite side of the protagonist, so they are forced to label the bad guy.
Therefore, the theatrical version of the literary drama is far greater than the martial arts drama throughout.
Although the story focuses on Hasavi, Kenneth, and Kiki. There are roughly three main bridges, from the initial hijacking incident, to the establishment of the three of them meeting and acquaintance, and then to the davao attack, and the final air combat scene.
As the only female character in the film, Kiki, she has been in a hidden identity and past experiences. Through Kiki's reaction, you can feel that Hasavi has an inner turmoil in this rebellion, and Kiki's character knows Hasavi's plan, but has not told his secret, her existence can not see whether evil is right at first, so through the bridge between Hasavi and Kennes and Kiki, the tension about whether Hasavi's plan can succeed is increased.
But it is a pity that Kiki is very chicken, her existence in addition to let Hasavi's real identity be recognized by Kennes, there is no specific use, as if it is really just to sell the feelings of old fans, a variety of pictures to show the body, and the development of love triangle is only to the end.
I don't know if the next two sequels, Kiki, will have other pivotal role arrangements.
Can Hasavi, the "savior" who carries many expectations, abandon his selfishness and use his will to practice his plans and ideal ambitions?
I believe this is the biggest expectation of the audience to watch this theatrical version.
"Glittering Hasavi" not only tells the theme of human nature and social change in science fiction movies through the Gundam robot, as well as the background of the deterioration of the earth environment and bureaucratic corruption, as the origin of a series, but also makes a complete layout for the follow-up story with the dilemma encountered by the characters and the conflict that is about to erupt, so that the audience is full of expectations for future sequels.
There is no doubt that it is quite successful gundam theatrical version.
The Douban score of 8.8 and more than half of the five-star praise illustrate all this.
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